Trousers-presser.



No. 796,471. PATBNTED AUG. 8, 1905.

l H. A. TENENT.

TROUSERS PRESSER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.10, 1904.

:52mm-mim @3g/W HUBBARD A. TENENT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TROUSERS-PRESSER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1905.

Application filed August 10, 1904.. Serial No. 220,270.

To U11/)l2 whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that I, HUBBARD A. TENENT, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Trousers-Pressers, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to trousers-pressers in which the garment issubjected to pressure between the adjacent surfaces of platens; and theobject of the invention is to provide adevice in which the pressure maybe increased or diminished according to the needs and greater pressuredelivered upon that portion of the garment requiring it and which shallbe simple and efficient in operation.

The invention consists in certain novel features and details ofconstruction by which the above objects are attained, to be hereinafterdescribed.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification and show anapproved form of the invention.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the upper face of the device. Fig. 2 is acorresponding view of the lower face. Fig. 3 is an edge view or frontelevation. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section on the line 4 4 in FigsQland 2, and Fig. 5 is a transverse section on the line 5 5 in the sannefigures. Fig..6 is a vertical section corresponding to a portion of Fig.5, showing a detail on a larger scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same partsv in all thefigures.

A Al are two platens or boards, preferably of wood, trapezoidal inshape, the ends being at right angles to the straight back edges and thefront edges straight, but at an angle relatively to the back so thatoneend is wider than the other to conform to the general outlines of a,pair of trousers arranged for pressing. The lowermost board A has astrap B, of metal, extending transversely across the lower face neareach end, sunk to lie flush with the surface and secured to the board byscrews or otherwise. The rear end of each strap is bifurcated and curledupon itself to inclose and hold a pin O, forming the center of ahinge-joint for a hinge bolt or screw O', the head C2 of which istraversed by the pin C. The upper board A has a similar strap B',similarly located near each end, the rear ends B2 extending beyond therear edge of the board and each having an opening through which thehinge-bolt O' passes, each supplied with a check-nut D beneath the endof the strap serving to limit the distance to which the rear edges ofthe boards may approach each other, and a thumb-nut D above the strap bywhich pressure tending' to cause such approach may be applied. On theupper end of each hinge-bolt is a knob D2, serving as an ornament andalso as a protection against contact with the sharp edges of the screwin handling the device.

The front edges of the boards are drawn together by thumb-bolts E E,each having a I head E', corresponding to the thumb-nuts D. The bolts EE extend through holes in the widened portions B3 of the upper straps Band are engaged in screw-threaded plates or nuts F F, set in the upperface of the lower board. The latter and the lower straps B B are boredat to permit the smoothly-rounded lower ends of the thumb-bolts to passthrough if required in the act of drawing together the front edges ofthe boards.

The inner or adjacent faces of the boards l are each covered by acushion M, fastened thereto, which may be understood to be any suitablefilling, over which is stretched a covering of fabricV or othermaterial. At the wider ends of the boards the cushions are thicker ordeeper than at the remaining portions, as indicated at M', and openingsm are provided, through which the thumb-bolts E E may extend freely.

By unscrewing the thumb-bolts the upper board may be raisedvand turnedback upon the hinges C C. The trousers to be pressed are smoothlyarranged upon the lower cushion, the legs lying upon each other and thebody or waist portion, likely to be more wrinkled or distorted by wear,occupying the deeper part of the cushion. The upper board is againlowered, the part M of its cushion lying upon the body portion of thetrousers and the thumbbolts engaged. The desired pressure upon thegarment is attained by screwing down the thumb-bolts and thumb-nuts, theyielding of the cushions tending to distribute the pressure and the bodyportion of the trousers receiving a proportionally greater pressure byreason of the increased depth of the cushions over that area. Thetrousers may be thus inclosed and pressed as long as may be foundnecessary or until again required for service.

The straps B B serve to stiifen the boards and resist strains tending tocheck or crack them longitudinally. The check-nuts D D serve to limitthe approach of the rear edges and when once properly set to produce therequired pressure for a garment of given thickness need not be againdisturbed unless garments differing greatly in thickness are to betreated. l

The nuts or screw-threaded plates F F are secured to the lower board byscrews or otherwise and the upper portions of their threaded holes arecountersunk, as shown, to facilitate the engagement of the bolts E E.

Modifications may be made in the forms and proportions within widelimits. The thickened areas M of the cushions may be greater i or lessin extent than shown and differently "located, or the cushions may be ofuniform thickness throughout and of any depth determined by practice tobe desirable.

Although I have described the device as especially designed for pressingtrousers, it will be understood that with or without changes of vform itImay be adapted to serve successfully in operating upon other garments.

I claiml.y In a device of the character set forth, two platens arrangedone above the other, hingebolts connecting the rear edges of suchplatens, means as thumb-nuts on said bolts for drawing such rear edgestogether, means as thumb bolts and nuts for drawing together the frontedges of said platens, a cushion on the inner face of each platen, saidcushions being thickened at portions of said faces, as and for thepurpose described.

2. A lower platen A and an upper platen A', straps B extendingtransversely on the lower face of said lower platen, bolts C hinged tothe rear ends of said straps, straps B eX- tending transversely on theupper face of said upper platen and receiving the free ends of saidbolts, a check-nut on each of said bolts below said straps B', and athumb-nut on each of said bolts above said straps B, screwthreadedplates F F at the front edge of said lower platen A, thumb-bolts E Eextending through said straps B and upper platen into said plates, andcushions M M on the adjacent faces of said platens, havingthickenedportions M M, all combined and arranged to serve substantiallyas and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention above set forth I aiix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

HUBBARD A. TENENT.

Witnesses:

A. J. ROSENTRETER, CHARLES R. SEARLE.

